Feed-bag.



D. J. BOWEN.

FEED BAG.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1914.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Inventor Witnesses 1-" 120.. WASHINGTON, u. r

CKILUMBIA v1 Awnmn DAVID J'. BOWEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF T0 GEORGE BONAWITZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FEED-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID J. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented a new and useful F eed-Bag, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates especially to a bag which can be attached to ahorses head, for feeding purposes. It is designed especially to preventthe spilling and consequent waste of grain and at the same time itaffords a strong, serviceable bag which is not easily damaged by use.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan; Fig. 2 is a plan with the top closed; Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 shows, in elevation, themanner of attachment to a horses head, with the spring opened up andFig. 5 shows in diagrammatic elevation, the compass or space occupied byan empty collapsed bag.

The bag comprises a bottom portion 1, which is preferably circular inform and made of some tough, stiff material as leather and a sideportion 2, which is preferablymade of a flexible fabric such as canvas.This constitutes the bag proper and is not unlike the ordinary feed bagin common use. The upper edge is turned over and held by stitches 3,forming a hem 4:. Into this hem is inserted the inner coil of a spiralspring 5. This spring is coiled so as to normally lie in a single planeand is preferably flattened into a somewhat elliptical form. so as toconform to the shape of a horses head when the bag is in feedingposition. The outer or free end of the spring is formed into an eye 6and directly opposite on the same coil of the spring another eye 7 isformed. These are for the attachment of a cord 8, by means of which thebag is held in position for feeding, as shown in F ig. 4.

The bag has also a cover portion 9 which is sewed to the top of the bagproper. The is provided with a snap hook 10 on one side which is adaptedto engage with an eye 11 on the opposite side, thereby closing the topof the bag, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it may be carried full of grainwithout danger of spilling.

coils can be made of spring wire of a diameter suflicient to give itgreat strength so that it will not be easily damaged and at the sametime any desired spring tension may be secured.

The spring is formed by spirally winding a wire around an approximateellipse and normally assumes its original, flat position.

IVhen extended, as shown in Fig. A, it assumes a helical form, as thoughwound around a frustum of an elliptical cone. This construction permitsthe bag to be folded or collapsed into very small space which is noteasily damaged by rough usage.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A feed bag, in combination with a plane spiral spring the inner coilof said spring being secured to the top of said bag and supporting meanssecured to the outer coil of said spring.

2. A feed bag of flexible fabric having a hem at the top edge thereof,in combination with a plane spiral spring the inner coil of which issecured in said hem and the outer coil of which is provided withdiametrically opposite eyes.

3. A feed bag comprising, in combination, the bag proper with a bottom;a side portion with a hem; a plane spiral spring the inner coil of whichis inserted in said hem and the outer coil of which is provided witheyes; and an extending side portion secured to the top of the bag properwhich is adapted to be folded together as a cover and a snap catchconnection for securing said cover portion together.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

DAVID J. BOWEN.

Witnesses:

I. M. HENDERSON, HENRY F. ZOBLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

